Холодный дом

Covering a Multitude of Sins

           Jellyby’s?"Wesaidyes,wehadpassedonenightthere."Mrs.Jellyby,"pursuedthelady,alwaysspeakinginthesamedemonstrative,loud,hardtone,sothathervoiceimpressedmyfancyasifithadasortofspectaclesontooandImaytaketheopportunityofremarkingthatherspectaclesweremadethelessengagingbyhereyesbeingwhatAdacalled"chokingeyes,"meaningveryprominent"Mrs.Jellybyisabenefactortosocietyanddeservesahelpinghand.MyboyshavecontributedtotheAfricanprojectEgbert,oneandsix,beingtheentireallowanceofnineweeks;Oswald,oneandapennyhalfpenny,beingthesame;therest,accordingtotheirlittlemeans.Nevertheless,IdonotgowithMrs.Jellybyinallthings.IdonotgowithMrs.Jellybyinhertreatmentofheryoungfamily.Ithasbeennoticed.Ithasbeenobservedthatheryoungfamilyareexcludedfromparticipationintheobjectstowhichsheisdevoted.Shemayberight,shemaybewrong;but,rightorwrong,thisisnotmycoursewithMYyoungfamily.Itakethemeverywhere."Iwasafterwardsconvinced(andsowasAda)thatfromtheill-conditionedeldestchild,thesewordsextortedasharpyell.Heturneditoffintoayawn,butitbeganasayell."Theyattendmatinswithme(veryprettilydone)athalf-pastsixo’clockinthemorningalltheyearround,includingofcoursethedepthofwinter,"saidMrs.Pardigglerapidly,"andtheyarewithmeduringtherevolvingdutiesoftheday.

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